Khóa học ESL tại Pines - Baguio

Course overview:The PIA ESL Sparta Curriculum features an intensive and extensive approach to teaching and learning the English language skills.By providing a step-by-step language course from Levels 1-10, the holistic enhancement of the learner’s ability to use English a second language is achieved, thus, progression is sustained.
The curriculum offers two comprehensive learning programs that would help learners optimize their potentials in using the English language.

Course description:Power ESL is geared towards the equal and balanced enhancement of the four macro skills in language learning, namely: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.Intensive ESL is purposely designed to provide more opportunities for the learners to maximize their speaking skills practice in 1:1 classes.

・Entry Level: All new students need to undergo placement tests composed of interview, vocabulary test, reading comprehension, and listening test in order to determine their specific proficiency.The tests shall be conducted on the first Monday of the current term.
・Attendance: All students are expected to attend at least 90% of the total number of class meetings in a given term.
・Exams and Homework: One term in PIA is composed of 20 days or 4 weeks.During the duration of the term, all students must do their homework at least thrice a week.Students likewise need to undergo several assessment tests through the Pines English Proficiency Tests.For the schedules, please refer to the table below.

・Other Activities: Enrollees of Thumbs-up Option Classes (guitar, dance, movies, etc.) showcase their talents during the Recital Program usually held Wednesday night of the 4th week of the term.
Students currently enrolled in the Intermediate course have the chance to join Reading Challenge, Spelling Bee, or Idiomlympics held Wednesday afternoon of the 4th week.
For students who are on their last term in PIA, a Farewell Program and Party is usually held Thursday Night of the 4th week of the term.

Course objectives:PIA is divided into three main departments:Refresher (Levels 1-3) for novice and beginners; Bridging (Levels 4-5) for Intermediate low; and Expanding (Levels 6-10) for Intermediate high and advanced learners.

・Refresher
The most basic in acquiring English as a second language is the confidence to use it in every and any given situation.Pertinent to this, the objective of course offerings in RCD is to build confidence by guiding the learners acquire more vocabularies and useful sentence patterns that will help them establish basic communication skills.Each class is characterized by repetitive drills in speaking, reading, and discussing ideas based on a thematic approach.

・Bridging (Intermediate Low)
The objective of Bridging Course Department is to enhance among learners the ability to initiate, sustain and end a conversation.In order to accomplish the goals set for them, the listening skills of the ESL learners are sharpened and are rigidly trained to become more familiar with the various sounds of the target language from the simplest syllable to the most complicated-sounding words as produced by native speakers as well as other speakers of English, featuring diverse accents.

・Expanding (Intermediate High)
The main target of this course is to provide an avenue for the ESL learners to put in practice the skills developed from their previous exposures and learning.This is the phase where their strong points in using the English language are highlighted, and at the same time, more focus is given to their identified weaknesses. The teachers guide the learners in the establishment of communicative competence to make them more fluent in communicating with others.

・Expanding (Advanced)
As learners are placed in the higher levels of proficiency in the Advanced Course Department, they are provided with practical activities that make them speak and use the English language close to those of the native speakers. Furthermore, the course offerings expose students to the more difficult usage of English, not only in practical sense of the language, but in academic environments as well

Teaching Philosophy: (optional)PIA believes in education that empowers and advances positive changes and leadership that draws its strengths from holistic education.
PIA teachers:

1.Recognize the diverse learning styles of learners - PIA teachers employ varying styles and methods in teaching students as every learner is unique in learning and in acquiring new knowledge.
2.Build language proficiency in a step-by step manner - PIA teachers are trained to teach students according to their respective proficiency levels, providing support where it is mostly needed, and pushing them to move higher in the ladder of language learning.
3.Display cultural competence - PIA teachers possess cultural competence that enables them to become flexible and proactive in dealing with different types of learners regardless of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, or disability between and among their students.

Level 7:Speaking is tainted with hesitation and most statements are short and mechanical.Learner has difficulty grasping and comprehending fully utterances from other speakers and from recorded audio files.

5 – 8 weeks

1.Construct complex sentences in written and spoken form
2. Precise dictation from an audio file

Level 8:Learner has good range of vocabulary but some expressions are distinctly non-native.Speech and writing illustrates grammatical competence but lacks sophistication.

9 – 12 weeks

1. Construct sophisticated sentences in written andoral form
2. Integrate idioms, verbal phrases, and other pertinent expressions in spoken and written use of the language.

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